The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 19, 1960
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 AM
6:37 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 467
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.6° / 165.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 02m / -3.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.73° / 2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.80° / -2.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.58° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.